The French Quarter : An Informal History Of The New Orleans Underworld

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156457703321
• Autore: Asbury Herbert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 9781786259677; 1786259672
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 pages)
• Disciplina: 976.3
• Soggetti: Moral conditions; Crime; Prostitution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- NOUVELLE-ORLÉANS -- IN THE DAYS OF THE DONS -- DOWN THE RIVER TO DIXIE -- LE CRÉOLE S'AMUSE -- THE TERROR OF THE GULF -- FILIBUSTERS -- GAMBLERS AFLOAT AND ASHORE -- CONGO SQUARE -- VOODOO -- "AN EPOCH OF DEGENERATION" -- "HELL ON EARTH" -- SOME LOOSE LADIES OF BASIN STREET -- CRIMINALS' PARADISE -- STORYVILLE -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.
• Sommario/riassunto: For over a century the French Quarter was the center of a city of sin and gaiety unique on the North American continent.The development of the New Orleans of legend was fostered by an improbable mixture of Creoles, river gamblers, pirates, politicians, reckless women, adventuring aristocrats, and some of the world's most daring entrepreneurs.